Question

book: health disparities in the united states

by: Donald Barr

Question: In your own words write a summary on chapter 8

Tile: All things being equal, does race/ ethnicity affect how physicians treat patients?

Answer 1

Another type of disparity is the disparity in access to health care. A principal determinant of access to health care in the United States is the availability of health insurance. As is the case with health status, those from lower SES groups in the United States also have worse access to health care, based on this economic fact of life. However, a growing body of research has shown that, even when people have the same level of health insurance and are treated for the same disease by the same physicians and hospitals, those from minority racial or ethnic groups often get worse care – either not receiving care when appropriate or receiving that is of lower quality.